Relationship between Inforecord category and PO item category

[former_member249594]

Hi Experts,

There any relationship between InfoRecord category and Item category in Purchase order item?For example, if I create a PO item with categoty L(Subcontracting), SAP will get the price from info record of 3(Subcontracting)?Do we have any configeration for this two points?? Please help, Thanks in advance.

Best Regards

Joe

[former_member218067 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is a standard setting if you create subcontracting info record

with a combination of plant material and vendor

and when you try to create Subcontracting po system will auto default price

from the said info record

there are no seperate config settings for that

BR

Diwakar

[former_member249594]

OK, Thanks.

[Former Member]

Purchase info record is a control source of information related to purchasing data for a material and vendor. Info record can be maintained or created for different procurement process, which are known as info categories

1. Standard

2. Sub-contracting

3. Pipe-line

4. Consignment

Purchase order copies prices and conditions from purchasing info record conditions.

The item category determines whether the material defined in a purchase order item:

_ Requires a material number

_ Requires an account assignment

_ Is to be managed as a stock item

_ Requires a goods receipt (GR) and/or an invoice receipt (IR)

The following item categories are defined in the standard system:

Standard Item Categories in POs

Item category Characteristics

Standard Goods and invoices can be received

Consignment Material number necessary

No account assignments

Material kept in stock

GR necessary

Invoice receipt not necessary

Subcontracting Goods can be received

Invoice receipt necessary

Stock transfer Material number necessary

GR necessary

No invoice receipt

Third-party Account assignment necessary

GR and IR can take place

Limit Account assignment not necessary

GR not necessary

IR necessary

Document type FO necessary

Standard

Items of the category Standard are goods that are to be procured externally. In this case, both

goods and invoice receipts are possible.

Consignment

Items of the category Consignment are items procured on a consignment basis. Account

assignments cannot be made for material ordered on consignment. Consignment stocks are

managed separately and are not valuated.

Consignment stocks are discussed in the Consignment [Ext.] section of the MM Inventory

Management documentation.

SAP AG Purchasing (MM-PUR)

Item Category

April 2001 133

Subcontracting

Order items of the category Subcontracting may represent finished assemblies ordered from a

subcontractor, for example. Any components the subcontractor requires from you to produce

such an assembly are entered as „material to be provided“ items.

Subcontracting is discussed in the Subcontracting [Ext.] section of the MM Inventory

Management documentation.

Stock Transfer

Stock transfer items occur in connection with stock transport ordering. Stock transport orders are

a mechanism for the transfer of stock from one plant to another (that is, transfers involving

transport over a longer distance).

The stock transport order is one of the special order types in Purchasing, and is discussed in the

section Carrying Out Stock Transfers Using Stock Transport Orders [Ext.] of the MM Inventory

Management documentation.

Third-Party

Third-party orders are orders placed with vendors as part of a triangular business deal,

instructing the latter to supply goods to or perform a service for a third party (for example, a dropshipment

to one of your customers). This means that the goods recipient is in this case the

customer. „Third-party“ can be specified in the item category field of a requisition or purchase

order.

The third-party order is one of the special order types in Purchasing, and is discussed in the

section Third-Party Processing [Ext.] of the MM Inventory Management documentation.

I think you can find the difference. These are the standard settings.

[Former Member]

Hi Joe,

When you create the Info record with Info Category Subcontracting and all the details are entered for a plant, material and Pur org

Whenever you create the PO with item category L--Subcontracting the system will default all the details from the Subcontracting info record with same combination of Plant, Material

In case you created a Purchase order with other item categories and but you have maintained the Subcontracting Info record, the system will not copy the details of Subcontracting info record to this PO.

rgds

Chidanand

[Former Member]

but also if there is a standard info record for the same combination then the standard info record takes precedence over the sub con info record created by you

reward if helpful